Arrowhead RV Resort at Smith Lake

Campground in Crane Hill, AL • 39 RV Sites

Arrowhead RV Resort at Smith Lake in Crane Hill, Alabama, is a lakefront camping destination on the shores of Smith Lake — a scenic Cullman County campground offering picturesque lakefront sites on one of the clearest and deepest natural lakes in the American Southeast, where the crystalline water of the Sipsey Fork's impoundment, the Smith Lake bass tournament circuit, and the surrounding Walker and Winston County woodland give guests the specific premier Alabama freshwater lake experience that Smith Lake's water quality and depth specifically sustain in a lake that has earned consistent recognition as one of the most beautiful lakes in the eastern United States. Crane Hill's position on Smith Lake in Cullman County between Jasper and Cullman gives the resort the practical north Alabama lake access alongside the day-trip range to Bankhead National Forest's Sipsey Wilderness and the Natural Bridge's sandstone arch. Lakefront RV sites with the complete resort infrastructure and the direct Smith Lake waterfront access give Arrowhead the specific lakeside campground character that the lakefront site orientation and the Smith Lake setting specifically sustain — the lake views from the waterfront sites, the boat ramp access for the resort's lake recreation, and the bass fishing opportunity that Smith Lake's tournament-grade largemouth and spotted bass fishery gives the angler market collectively give the Crane Hill resort its primary identity as a Smith Lake camping destination. Pets are welcome. Smith Lake, impounded by the Lewis Smith Dam on the Sipsey Fork of the Black Warrior River in Walker and Cullman Counties, covers 21,200 acres with 500 miles of shoreline in a narrow, fjord-like lake system whose water clarity — exceptional by southeastern reservoir standards — sustains the spotted bass and largemouth bass population that the Alabama Bass Trail's tournament circuit and the guide fishing operations specifically target in the lake's clear, deep coves and channel structure. The lake's depth (maximum 264 feet) and the Sipsey Fork's cold-water inflow give Smith Lake its specific water quality character that the developed Alabama reservoir system's other lakes, with their siltier watershed runoff, cannot match. Bankhead National Forest's Sipsey Wilderness, 20 miles north of Smith Lake via AL-195 in Lawrence and Winston Counties, protects the most significant old-growth southern forest wilderness in Alabama — a 25,780-acre roadless area in the Sipsey Fork canyon system whose old-growth tulip poplar, white oak, and beech forest, the Sipsey Fork's waterfalls and swimming holes, and the canyon walls' rock shelters give the Sipsey Wilderness the specific southern Appalachian forest ecology and canyon landscape that distinguishes it from the surrounding managed national forest. The Bee Branch Scenic Area's old-growth forest stands and the Falls Trail's multiple waterfall cascade sequence give the most accessible Sipsey Wilderness experience. Arrowhead RV Resort at Smith Lake serves guests through Alabama's camping season from spring through fall, with the summer lake recreation season from Memorial Day through Labor Day sustaining the peak family camping and bass fishing demand and the spring pre-spawn bass tournament season from March through May generating the competitive angling visitor market that the Alabama Bass Trail's Smith Lake tournament schedule specifically brings to the Crane Hill area. The natural Bridge of Alabama, 25 miles northwest of Smith Lake in Winston County on US-278, is the longest natural bridge east of the Rocky Mountains — a 148-foot-long, 60-foot-high sandstone arch whose single span gives the Winston County natural heritage site its specific geological distinction. Reserve sites well ahead for the summer lake season and bass tournament weekends.

Campground rules and policies

Check-in Procedure
- Check-in time is 1 PM, and check-out time is 11 AM.
- While each Park attempts to accommodate your exact spot request, the on-site manager has the ultimate decision for spot placement.Quite Time Policy
- Quiet time is from 10 PM until 6 AM.
- Please keep loud noises to a minimum.
- Please be mindful of guests on neighboring sites when parking your vehicle, using your site, playing loud music, etc.Vehicle Policy
- The speed limit from the entrance at Garcon Point Road and throughout the Park is 5 MPH.
- THIS IS NOT NEGOTIABLE AND FOR EVERYONE'S SAFETY.
- Failure to comply may result in your vehicle being banned from the Park, and you will need to park off the premises.
- Park vehicles in line, parallel, and in front of your RV.
- The grass is soft and will cause ruts if you pull up to your door, which will result in a muddy site.
- Vehicles of visitors (day or evening) should be parked in the extra parking area near the front of the office building.
- There is a $ charge for water and sewer usage when washing vehicles and/or RVs in the Park.
- Please notify office staff in advance.
- Parking permits are visible at all times (provided by the Park).
- Your sewer hose must be properly attached to your RV to prevent unsanitary leakage.
- Please check your connections weekly; this is your responsibility.
- You must keep your water lines secure so there is no leaking.
- Excessive leaks will incur a fee for water usage.Visitors Policy
- There is a $5 per night charge for each guest (13 and older).
- It is your responsibility to advise guests of Park rules.Pets Policy
- You MUST clean up after your pet.
- All animal waste must be removed and disposed of properly.
- ALL pets must be inside pets.
- They are to be on leashes at ALL times when taken outside of your RV - with the exception of when they are inside the dog run.
- Your pet MUST be supervised when outside at ALL times.
- Do NOT tie your pet up outside your RV and leave them unattended.
- You must remain outside with them.
- All pets must have up-to-date vaccinations, including rabies.Abandonment of Property Policy
- Anything left behind when you vacate the Park will be dealt with by Park personnel in accordance with the Alabama State Statutes.
- Please notify the management if you are leaving for more than 5 days.
- Screened-in rooms are allowed without floors - one per site only.
- We will not be responsible for mowing or weed eating inside or around itFailure to Pay Current Charges Policy
- Failure to pay all current charges may result in our requiring you to vacate the Park immediately.
- Failure to comply with arrangements for late payments may result in our requiring you to vacate the Park immediately.Infractions of Rules Policy
- Infractions of any park rules may result in our requiring you to vacate the Park immediately.Fire Policy
- Grills are allowed at your site.
- NO campfires on the ground.
- Fire pits are allowed as long as they do not pose a fire hazard and are portable.